depose

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
  2. (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
  3. (intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
  4. (transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
  5. (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
  6. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/dɪˈpəʊz/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.

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